The song ‘Along Came Jones’ by Ray Stevens is a classic type of song. It seems to be modeled after an old western movie where the bad villain takes a hostage and is foiled by a hero. The hero typically saves the hostage and is able put …

Ciara
“Like A Boy”
Ciara: The Evolution
LaFace Records
Director: Diane Martel
Ciara reunites with director Diane Martel for her third single and music video from “Ciara: The Evolution”, titled “Like A Boy” which is about the double standards of men and women in society (men being able to do certain things whereas when …

Erin McCarley is probably most well known for a song that was featured on all of the promotional material for the movie “He’s Just Not That Into You”. That song was called “Love, Save the Empty” and it is also the title for the album she recently released. That …

Hate Train is a song by Metallica which was recently debuted at one of their 30th anniversary shows in San Francisco, California. Although the song has not officially appeared on an EP or an LP thus far, the studio version has been released and is expected to appear on …

Death Is Not The End is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Down In The Groove. For whatever reason, I went into this track really not expecting all that much but to be honest, I was pretty surprised by the time the song ended. The …

I think that one classic soul group a lot of people, young and old would be familiar with would be the one called “The Righteous Brothers”. While I don’t think that a lot of young people would necessarily know the group immediately by name, since I didn’t either …

This Bone Thugs “Greatest Hits” cd is one of the best custom cds to ever be put together. If you are a Bone Thugs fan then you know that summer after summer they have been consistant in putting out great music which may lack radio play but has a …

Secondhand Serenade is back with his much-anticipated follow-up, A Twist In My Story. The CD includes remakes of some of the original songs and a whole bunch of new ones! The Songs are better than expected!!! The CD is an amazing value for any price you …

The Vandoren Clarinet Lip Protector is a long sheet of special wax paper than you can cut into pieces. After cutting, simply fold them into the desired shape for your mouth and place it onto your lower teeth. It protects against sharp teeth stabbing the inner lips.
Upon first …

“Watching You” is a song by popular country music and southern rock artist, Rodney Atkins. The song itself is perfect for fathers day! It is one I hold very close to my heart and very dear to me, the lyrics in this song are beautiful and it dictates the …

Alvin Row is a song by Animal Collective and the final song on their debut record Spirit They’ve Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished. Opening up with a dissonant sound from the start, I must admit that I’m slightly discouraged by this considering the fact that this is the longest song …

LOVE GUN
Another “live in studio” effort that would be the album KISS’ tour would revolve around on the band’s first excursion into Japan.
Classics such as LOVE GUN and CHRISTINE SiXTEEN are side by side underrated gems such as PLASTER CASTER and one of Peter Criss’ WORST songs ever HOOLIGAN. …

This tenor is off the chart! I saw Yu Qiang Dai perform with the Los Angeles Opera in Puccini’s opera Turandot and immediately after I purchased his first CD. He has a powerful, rich voice and is an equal to a younger Pavarotti. This Chinese-born tenor sang Nessun Dorma …

One of the most essential things you need when youre playing in a band is a really durable cable and long enough so you can move arouund alot. At guitar center they told me to buy the Mogami cables. I bought a 25 ft cable and I am very …

When Blink 182 had their fallout and Tom Delonge went his way, Travis Barker, and Mark Hoppus went their way, and formed this band with a friend. When Your Heart Stops Beating is an impressive album, after the failure of Blink 182’s last album I thought they had …

Overview —“ Fuel, probably the most aggressive and fastest songs from either Load of Reload, is the opening track to Reload. I have to admit that I feel bad to the people who started to listen to Reload and then heard this track as the first song and then …

Overview —“ The Digitech RP-250 is a multi effects pedal used for guitars which has a variety of sounds, effects, amplifier models, and recording uses. I was looking into effects pedals and figured I would try out this pedal because of how much this one pedal could do and …

When I was in my second to last year of high school, which was when I was about fourteen years old or so, a new R&B all male African American music group emerged called “B2K”. While I was not too taken with them initially for the obvious fact that …

One of the old time singers I can truly say I like and have always liked is the singer Percy Sledge. I actually did not know his name until recently when I heard one of his songs playing on the radio again and did a quick google search, but …

This thing is a beast plan and simple. More then enough power to rattle dishes in the china cabinet.
I was looking to upgrade from my Crate GX-130C to a tube amp. Short of selling limbs to get a Mesa or Engl head, I came across the Bugera.
They were …

We Are the Night by The Chemical Brothers has a good cover CD. There are 2 palms facing side by side on the cover CD and the bluish coloring design is so gorgeous. And this CD has some nice songs too. If you love The Chemical Romance, …

This is your typical hill billy and redneck song. It is quite obvious that the character in the song is a hardcore redneck. There is this girl who pulls up to his gas station with a Hollywood license plate and she wants directions to the interstate. So he gives …

Dolly Parton is so much more than just a country music singer. She is an actress and all around fun and happy person that deserves all the wonderful things that she has in her life. She is an endearing person who has been known for her rather large bosom …

I usually don’t like listening to the new reggae songs because many of them tend to have lyrics and sound which just don’t appeal to me. Nevertheless, I am still into the older reggae music and artistes, especially some who had internationally popular songs in the nineteen eighties. One …

Thinking of you: is a heartfelt song filled with love felt words could bring a tear to your eye. The lyrics are full of metaphoric sentences throughout the whole song, like most of Katy Perry songs. Katy Perry’s voice holds so much emotion that I cried almost on each …

Released in March of 2008 on Nuclear Blast Records Obzen is the band’s 6th album, the name means to be at peace with the obscure, or at Zen with. The album is really really heavy, the band uses a real drummer on this one, they used a drum …

I was a big fan of Power Rangers as a kid, many people in my age group were back in the day. I kind of fell out of it after awhile, it was the alien rangers that kind of pushed me away from the series. Lately though, …

Chris Norman may not exactly be a household name these days, but let me assure you that no matter who you are there is a good chance that you have heard at least one or two of his songs in your life. The main one would be LIVING NEXT …

What do you guys think of Back To Black by Amy Winehouse? As for me personally, I think that album by Amy this time round is kind of better. But only if she could change her image for a bit, to make it better or some sort, it …

This is one of my favorite Taylor Swift songs that describes a very classic situation. It is what most teenage girls has experienced at least once. There has always been that girl stealing your guy friend when you are thinking he belongs with you and he is way to …

The Kenny Rogers: There You Go Again CD is labeled as enhanced and purports to offer some extras when listened to on your computer. One of the things I like about it is that when the home screen appears, instrumental music from the title track plays. When …

Kenny Chesney sings this song called You Save Me. It is about how his wife or girl friend saves him from getting into more and more trouble. It kinds of relates to the old saying that behind every good man there is a great woman somewhere pushing him along …

Lupe Fiasco is one of the opponents of hip hops status quo, and I respect him for it. It seems he just likes to oppose the way of doing things. In my opinion he is one of the more intellectual rappers in this generation. He refuses to sing about …

This truly is an astonishing debut. Arcade Fire are a group of ten canadian musicians led by Win Butler and his wife Regine. They include amongst their ranks, pianists, violinist and harp players. Clearly this is not your average rock group and yet when they play live, they invest …

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have been country music’s number one couple for many years now. They are well known for their music separately, but have recorded some songs together. This is one of the most amazing love songs ever recorded by the pair or by anyone in country …

Dillon Francis is one of the biggest DJ’s in electronic music right now, and his style is extremely diverse. Money Sucks, Friends Rule is his first full-length album, and it is an excellent debut. It shows off his diverse style as a DJ and showcases his wide variety of …

On the new Ace Frehley record Anamoly their are a bunch of good tracks that the Ex guitarist layed down and did some vocals on that were very original. Although hes not much of a singer and he used vocal processing live I still think his melodic phrasing and …

Artist: Beyonce ft. Jay-Z
Video: “Deja Vu”
Album: B’Day
Label: Columbia
Director: Sophie Muller
Okay, we get it, Beyonce, you and your husband are on top of the world, he makes you very horny, and you would do anything for him. Oh boy, I got flashes of her…horrid… Sasha Fierce image in this very …

“Everybody Plays the Fool” by The Main Ingredient is easily one of my favorite songs of all time. From the first time I heard it on the radio, the song clicked with me. It is so very true to the way love works that it causes me to tear …

Where You’ll Find Me Now is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which is the sixth song on their debut release On Avery Island. Opening up with Magnum’s vocals along with some guitars strumming behind him, Where You’ll Find Me Now thankfully returns the sound to a more accessible …

U2 is an Irish rock band and I decided to pull out one of their Cd’s and give it s a listen as I haven’t listened to this band in a while. I decided to listen to their album entitled “How to dismantle an atomic bomb” and one of …

Run Over By A Truck is a song by Weezer which appears on their record Raditude. Right from the title, you should be able to tell that this track is certainly going to have a different feel, for lack of a better description. The song is driven by a …

Carry That Weight is one of the very last tracks on Abbey Road and although it is only 1:36 in track length, I feel like it offers quite a lot of music for that short amount of running space. I make a point to stress the time and length …

Oh, My Pregnant Head is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their album Transmissions From The Satellite Heart. Opening up in a very melodic fashion, the vocals don’t take very long to kick in with the rest of the band. What I particularly like about this …

“Survival of the Fittest” is Mobb Deeps second hit single from their classic 1995 album “The Infamous”. This right here is classic NYC hip hop at it’s finest. What Mobb Deep lacks in technicality such as flow structures, and finesse they make up 10 fold with gritty realism in …

Any Van Halen fan knows one of their worst selling albums with David Lee Roth is Fair Warning. The reason it didnt sell as much but still charted some hits on the billboard was because fans loved what they did with this album but it didn’t appeal to many …

“Chicago”, not to be confused with the city located in the United States, is the name of a popular American rock band. Just recently, I think last year maybe they had their first concert in Jamaica at the “Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival” and a lot of people, …

The right kind of music soundtrack is crucial for a particular type of movie and for that, Defiance by James Newton Howard works for me. I listened to the songs inside and I certainly think it matched the concept of the movie, Defiance. On some circumstances, even if …

Overview —“ Disposable Heroes, the fifth track on Metallica’s third record Master Of Puppets takes a sound which is similar to the title track and somehow seems to manage it in terms of excellent songwriting and just a great sound overall. Whereas Master Of Puppets did have a more …

As I was still browsing through my dad’s old records, I also found, amongst my discovery, Diana Ross (1976) by Diana Ross. I checked the value of this CD now, and I was amazed at the $149 price tag. True blue royal record.
I bet the price befits …